The events of August 19 went very smoothly at the beginning, and the State Emergency Committee of the Soviet Union included almost all the top departments of the current Soviet Union. Including from Vice President Yanayev to KGB Chairman Kryuchkov, as well as the Ministry of Internal Affairs Boris Pugo and Defense Minister Yazov, these people have actually amounted to the collective "mutiny" of the entire Presbyterian Church.

And the sudden attack on the map head really didn't give these people enough time to set up and think, and a group of people could only launch this world-shocking event in a hurry.

After the initial turmoil, the whole affair seemed to be turning in the direction that the Emergency Committee had envisioned with a seemingly formidable force.

Even US President George H.W. Bush's national security adviser Scow Crofts reported that the Soviet Union had already settled on the general trend at this time.

After taking control of the map head, it seemed that there were no competitors in the Soviet Union with sufficient weight. With Goth's house arrest, the new alliance treaty also seems to have come to an end.

The Committee's initial assurances that it would not lose ground appear to have been achieved.

In such a good situation, the parties in the committee, which were originally pinched together by great pressure, involuntarily began to make their own small calculations.

The most important figure in the entire committee was by no means Yanayev, the highest-ranking man, and Kryuchkov's threat was great, but it was at a time when the system was still strong enough to deter.

Looking at all the coups d'état in the world, the first and most important thing is to hold the gun in your hands.

However, as the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union, Yazov, a veteran military leader with deep qualifications, actually did not have a clear enough understanding of the coup d'état.

If he hadn't been forced into a corner, Yazov would never have been willing to go so far for his "benefactor".

Before Yazov came to power on the map, he was only the commander of the Central Asian Military District and an alternate member of the Central Committee. After following the path of First Lady Raisa Goe, he actively pursued a series of reform policies in the army, which eventually paid off and became the "Marshal of the Soviet Union" and "Minister of Defense".

Yes, the guns of the Emergency Committee are actually in the hands of Goe's most trusted "court henchmen".

Tutou never thought that his "court henchman" would one day become a "big trouble"!

But outside of the high-level level, or even the head of the map himself, he didn't think about it. This "henchman of the imperial court", even after the coup d'état, still did not recognize the situation.

He had unrealistic fantasies in his heart, and the last incense on the map.

"Comrade Kryuchkov, Yazov still did not agree. The Ministry of Defense said that the troops entered the city only to maintain order and would never take violent action against the Soviet people. ”

Rubyanka, Kryuchkov put down the phone, and looked down in silence at the towering statue of Dzerzhinsky in the center of the square, the steely Felix.

In addition, Soviet Premier Pavlov, a coward, has also been admitted to the hospital under the pretext of high blood pressure. None of our current actions can be cooperated with by him......"

"Enough, Plekhanov!"

Plekhanov, who personally participated in the operation of the head of the map under house arrest, knew very well that his fate was closely linked to the State Emergency Committee. However, the situation is gradually spiraling out of control.

All this is because those old Soviet high-ranking officials did not expect that there would be people who would dare to challenge the authority of the Emergency Committee beyond the map. And now it seems that Yeltsin actually did a pretty good job.

"You come and drive, let's go and see Yazov in person. With that, retracting his gaze from the Dzerzhinsky statue, Kryuchkov got up and walked towards the office door.

Kryuchkov and Plekhanov drove a Gil-115 with ordinary license plates, and with two guardsmen, they marched lightly towards Arbat Street.

To get from the Rubyanka to Arbat, you need to pass through the perimeter of Red Square and Vozdvizhenka Street. On this once bustling and spacious road, it has been divided in two by a separation belt consisting of T64 tanks and BMP infantry combat vehicles.

The side close to Red Square was sparsely populated, while the non-stop Soviet cars on the other side were not affected in the slightest.

If it weren't for the heavily armed soldiers on the streets, no one would have believed that this country, this city, was facing a coup d'état.

The night in Moscow has come, and the day of the 19th is destined to be an unforgettable sleepless night for many people in their lives.

The city's power supply system is still functioning normally, and the streets seem to be no different than they used to be, except for a few more big soldiers. When Kryuchkov's Gil 115 passed by Red Square, he saw some citizens gathered in twos and threes under the street lamp. The expressions of these people seemed to be emotionally stable, and there was not much fanatical atmosphere.

But all this is just the last calm before the eruption, and the Emergency Committee is sitting on a crater. The reason why there was so much silence on Red Square was simply because the focus of the struggle was not in the heart of this Soviet.

It is the current Russian President Boris Yeltsin who has put the situation in such a bad situation. At the center of the maelstrom is the White House building in Moscow, where Yeltsin's Russian parliament is located.

It had become a nest of the opposition to the State Emergency Committee, where the conflict between the State Emergency Committee and Yeltsin's opposition was most intense.

Force must be used decisively, otherwise things will get completely out of control!

Gil 115 stopped in front of the building of the USSR Ministry of Defense on Arbat Street, and Kryuchkov tilted his head towards Plekhanov and strode into the building of the Ministry of Defense.

If this time it is still not possible to convince Yazov to give the order to use force, perhaps, the KGB will have to take matters into its own hands.

......

"Konstantin, Comrade Konstantin Kobets!"

Yeltsin wore his tie and suit in front of the mirror, and even though it was still midday in August, he covered himself tightly from top to bottom.

Konstantin, who was stuffing bulletproof inserts into the lining of his clothes, ran over with great difficulty, and even carried a loaded Makarov PM pistol in his hand, which he stuffed into his waist until he saw Yeltsin.

"President Yeltsin, what do you command?"

"I want you to sign here, now. Yeltsin shoved a document in front of him, pointed to a blank space below, and ordered without question.

Konstantin, who was organizing the defense of the White House, didn't even look at it, grabbed the pen next to him and wrote his name on it. It was only then that he had the opportunity to read the contents of the document at a glance.

When he saw the contents of the document, he was really surprised.

"Mr. President, you want to appoint me as Russia's Minister of Defense?"

"Yes, that's you. Yeltsin was very sure, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "I have already asked Shcherbakov to be the commander of the Leningrad Military District, and the two of you must cooperate closely." Now the first task I've given you is to keep the White House safe for the rest of this time, can you do that?"

Konstantin, who had just been directly promoted from a general to the post of Russian defense minister, immediately stood up and saluted categorically: "Mr. President, please rest assured. If anyone can threaten the security of the White House, it must be that I have been crushed into meat sauce by the tracks of the tank!"

"Alright, let's go to work. My security is in your hands, Comrade Konstantin. ”

"Yes, Mr. President!"

Konstantin, a general in the Soviet army, and now the Russian Defense Minister blushed his face, and the fingertips that reached his ears were trembling slightly.

Just as Konstantin trotted away, Yeltsin's aides excitedly knocked on the door.

"Boris, the journalists are already here. Are you ready? We're going to give the old guys to the Emergency Committee, give it a hard time!"

Yeltsin's eyes were blazing, and he really didn't expect that he would really be able to take such a step.

Ever since he heard the news from the Emergency Committee on the morning of the 19th that the head of the map would not be able to perform his duties, he had been waiting for the KGB or simply the soldiers of the airborne battalion on the Hippodrome Square to storm his office.

However, he waited for nothing.

The Emergency Committee met from the morning of the 19th until noon to discuss the supply of goods, the reform of the efficiency of state-owned enterprises, the supervision of government work, and the adjustment of market policies for food and light industrial products......

As for Yeltsin, who threatened the coup d'état the most, from Kryuchkov to Yazov, they all confidently believed that they could "persuade" Yeltsin to side with them.

What? Yanayev, the nominal leader of the Emergency Committee? Forget about this man, he is a complete incompetent. At this time, the CPSU was like the Tsar who wanted to hang five Decembrists, but the ropes of the noose were all rotten, and the degraded ones could not even kill.

In fact, not only that, but these last leaders of the Soviet Union probably really have a common language with the Showa staff officers. Not only did they think they would be able to convince Yeltsin, but they even thought that they would be able to get the cooperation of the maphead. However, in the face of the categorical refusal of the map head and the fierce resistance of Yeltsin, in fact, there was no response plan at all.

The degree of wishful thinking is breathtaking, and the CPSU at this time, any efforts to save it were in vain.

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